One does not need to be a student of modern cultural history — or an obsessive
collector of pop trivia — to know that the biggest-selling UK chart stars of
the 1960s were the Beatles.

But which was the next most successful act, responsible for the third-biggest
single of the decade? The Rolling Stones? Nowhere close, although this
performer could be said to rival the Stones for the title of Oldest Sixties
Relic Still Insisting On Performing Live Long Past Their Retirement Date.